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Kaitlyn Kair, Mia Clark, JT Flores, Leaschelle Wright.

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Kaitlyn Kair, Mia Clark, JT Flores, Leaschelle Wright.

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"But you can't throw stones" Alluding to the verse, judgement on the person who throws the first stone. According to the bible in John 8:7, you cant throw stones if you are not sinless. Also references the fact that she has no ability to talk back, it only comes back and harms her life.

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Colby Cartier, Madison Gilmore, Allison Clancy, Savannah Nave

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Colby Cartier, Madison Gilmore, Allison Clancy, Savannah Nave

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Kingsolver utilizes the word ¨possesses¨ to illustrate the idea that the daughters grew up with this perspective that their father is superior to their mother.

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Jason Tran, Alex Preston, Jessi Malone, Jacey Adair, Gage Bost

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Jason Tran, Alex Preston, Jessi Malone, Jacey Adair, Gage Bost

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Kingsolver uses the phrase ¨dreadful poison¨ to symbolize the father's ideology towards women in the 1950's and the harmful ways, such as neglect, in which he enforces it upon his daughters.

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Kaitlyn Kair, Mia Clark, JT Flores, Laeschelle Wright

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Kaitlyn Kair, Mia Clark, JT Flores, Laeschelle Wright

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"Like  sunflowers with heavy heads", this goes to show that through all the improvements upon their identities and talents, they still never do enough to catch the empty attention of their father. They despair, and at the height of their skill sets, they remain without their father's praise.

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Maria Chapa, Brooke Thompson, Madison Nichols, Tobias Kronlein, Theryn Light

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Maria Chapa, Brooke Thompson, Madison Nichols, Tobias Kronlein, Theryn Light

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"...the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms."
The mother states how she's made to feel worthless to demonstrate how the belittling of women in the bible can make someone feel unimportant.

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Erick Melendrez, Thu Pham, Lexi Rosario, Rachel Gonzalez, Lauren Waters

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Erick Melendrez, Thu Pham, Lexi Rosario, Rachel Gonzalez, Lauren Waters

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The sentence " I am your mother" clarifies that she possesses power and authority.

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Addison Burns, Neville Washington, River Morgan, Kaden Watson, Savannah Phillips

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Addison Burns, Neville Washington, River Morgan, Kaden Watson, Savannah Phillips

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Reflects that the "laws of man and of nature" are shackles in life, tethering the wife to them against her will.

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Page Montgomery, Katie Cooner, Ben Hill, Mindy Lee, Abbi Jones

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Page Montgomery, Katie Cooner, Ben Hill, Mindy Lee, Abbi Jones

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"like sunflowers with heavy heads"
appears as if her life is lovely and delicate but her father's control over her life weighs her down with anger and sorrow

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Spencer Simons, Sarahy Linares, Tamera Bishop, Rose Blagg, Dora Martinez

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Spencer Simons, Sarahy Linares, Tamera Bishop, Rose Blagg, Dora Martinez

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"a stone would fly right through him and strike the child" alludes to the Bible, where it is stated 'ye without sin may throw the first stone', Orleanna cannot judge Nathan without hurting the daughters and setting herself in a place of judgement of the girls

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Laura Coyle, Tyler Martin, Aryian Razavi, Brennan Lifland, Jaeda Chandler 

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Laura Coyle, Tyler Martin, Aryian Razavi, Brennan Lifland, Jaeda Chandler 

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"... pale slender stalks of their longing, like sunflowers with heavy heads."  illustrates the idea that while the girls are beautiful, their minds have been corrupted by their father but the stalks represent that they are resilient enough to survive and grow.

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Ethan Lane, Rigg Smith, Johnny Tran, Analise Porras, Joseph Sepulveda

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Ethan Lane, Rigg Smith, Johnny Tran, Analise Porras, Joseph Sepulveda

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The father owning the daughters ¨like a plot of land.¨ Verifies his feelings that he sees them as a tool for his own use rather than a human being to be loved.

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Bella Campbell, Dazzalin Munoz, Dayton Monroe, Amiah Contreras

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Bella Campbell, Dazzalin Munoz, Dayton Monroe, Amiah Contreras

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"I am your mother," expresses the tone and the perspective of the text, and also emphasizes the text by making it a simple sentence.

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Aleigha Martin, Arman Persaud, Christopher Rael, Elijah Hernandez, Isabell Murphey

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Aleigha Martin, Arman Persaud, Christopher Rael, Elijah Hernandez, Isabell Murphey

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" ... pale slender stalks of their longing, like sunflowers with heavy heads."  their heads is a representation of the torture of the father and how they are dying from him, but the stalks symbolize that that they can handle the torture of the father.

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Shelbi Turner, Megan Enriquez, Emma Brandt, Lexus Aquallo, Ashlyn Hollars 

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Shelbi Turner, Megan Enriquez, Emma Brandt, Lexus Aquallo, Ashlyn Hollars 

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"to own her like a plot of land" establishes the relationship between the speaker's daughters and her husband. he is controlling and refuses to grant them autonomy

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Miko Aguon, Tariku Baye, Iliana Hernandez, Bryce Carpenter, Kalina Romero

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Miko Aguon, Tariku Baye, Iliana Hernandez, Bryce Carpenter, Kalina Romero

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The girls are being compared sunflowers with heavy heads to represent them being dragged down by their father, that they are losing control of their own actions. Their minds are being dragged down.

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Ella Austin, Amy Ward, Carmen Harris, Rayne Diaz

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Ella Austin, Amy Ward, Carmen Harris, Rayne Diaz

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"... like sunflowers with heavy heads..." : compares the girls to sunflowers to portray that they are beautiful but cannot reach their full potential